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After months of incidents and enforcement issues, council revokes Karma Restaurant & Lounge’s late‑night use permit
Summary
Following staff and police presentations documenting repeated late‑night assaults, failure to follow security plans and evidence handling problems, and after extensive public testimony both for and against the business, Hampton City Council voted to revoke Karma Restaurant & Lounge’s Restaurant 3 use permit; the owner may operate at lower permit levels while resolving compliance issues.
Hampton City Council voted to revoke Karma Restaurant & Lounge’s Restaurant 3 use permit (use permit 25‑0489) after a lengthy public hearing during which city staff and the Hampton Police Department detailed a pattern of late‑night incidents, gaps in the business’s security compliance, and evidence handling problems that staff said undermined the permit’s conditions.
Staff case: Community Development and HPD presentations summarized the permit history, prior conditions and repeated enforcement contacts. HPD presented multiple incidents occurring during late hours over the previous year—including fights, an April parking‑lot shooting that resulted in a homicide, assaults and officer responses—and identified repeated failures to…
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